Ap euro ch.16

What was the subject that Leonardo da Vinci thought was the key to understanding all things?

• Astronomy
• Mathematics
• Biology
• Art

What was another name for the Ptolemaic conception of the universe?

• Geocentric conception
• Lunacentric conception
• Expanding universe
• Pantheistic theory

What was the major book of Copernicus?

• Novum organum
• On the motion of the heart and blood
• Principia
• On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres

How did Brahe contribute to the advancement of astronomy?

• Calculating the distance to the sun
• Making accurate observations of planets
• Inventing the astrolabe
• Working out the theory of inertia

Newton invented

• The calculus
• Mathematics
• A new type of kiln
• A technique for unclogging arteries

Who didn't contribute to the scientific ideas of the 16th and 17th centuries?

• Paracelsus
• Harvey
• Galen
• Boyle

Who was Maria Winkelmann?

• German astronomer
• English aristocrat
• Mother of Robert Boyle
• Member of the Berlin Academy

What was the foundation of Francis Bacon's methodology?

• Deductive reasoning
• nonsense
• Speculative reasoning
• Inductive reasoning

Who found that the heavenly spheres move around in space?

• Copernicus
• Newton
• Aristotle
• Galileo

What was the Heliocentric Universe?

• Moon in the middle
• Sun in the middle
• God as the center
• Earth as the center